Overview:

 

 

Training and Certification:

 

MCSE (NT & 2K), SCSA, RHCE, CCNA, CLS, IT IL V3 foundation, TOGAF (9.1), PMP (T) & Lean Six Sixma (T)

 

 

Work Experience:

 

 

CTS, Teaneck NJ                                                                                                                   Feb 2006 - Current

Infrastructure Solution Architect

 

 

Good knowledge on technology towers like Windows 2012, Active Directory, IIS, AWS, Azure, SAN/NAS Storage technologies,  Vmware, F5, Network protocols, Firewalls, etc., and applying the technical knowledge in developing solution responses.

 

Provide technical and solution development to RFPs for both managed services and consulting engagements by applying advanced analytical skills in heterogeneous infrastructure areas. As a solution architecture I own the RFP response development process end to end.

 

End to end own proposal responses by providing support in: Q&A process, due diligence, solution preparation, solution review, solution response preparation, knowledge transition plan, FTE estimation, pricing, identify transformation themes, delivery assurance, presentation  and hand over to delivery time.

 

Collaborate with business partners and other business units within Cognizant to help customers design private and public cloud solutions. Experience in Cloud Initiatives using services such as Amazon Cloud (S3 & EC2) and Azure platforms.

 

Experience in designing and drafting solution responses for migration projects such as data center migration, active directory migrations, etc., As an enterprise architect my role is to own the proposal response end to end from proposal inception, solution design and review, to SOW completion.

 

Target infrastructure architecture design using TOGAF ADM principle for application architecture. As an enterprise architect my responsibilities include working with stakeholders from application and infrastructure teams to develop target architecture platform design and sizing.

 

Instrumental in carrying out several successfully ISPA assessment projects. Conduct solution development meetings with group of stakeholders or one on one basis to get their buy-in on the developed solution and cost points. Track tasks against the respective owners through meeting minutes and promptly follow up to close tasks. Developed several administration manuals and several pricing models Write effective statements of work (SOW) for deals that get closed to clearly set expectations and limit risk of failure.

 

Conduct capability and product overview – usage presentation.

 

Carry out capability presentation and conduct product demo to clients.

 

Instrumental in upgrading entire data center for a non profit organization and continued to provide ongoing operational support by leading a team of server, database, network and desktop support resources. administrators. From the data center side I was instrumental in setting up blade servers, centralized UPS, deploying windows active directory infrastructure, procured and deployed EMC storage, configured high availability clusters for production systems, administration of LAN, WAN and firewall securities as on going activity.

 

As part of the ongoing data center operations I was the POC for all server related ITSM Tier 3 escalation point. As part of the Tier 3 POC my responsibilities were to respond to incidents, provide work arounds, assist in correct re-routing of incidents, participate in incident management meetings, provide problem management, assist in refining incident management process, etc.,

 

 

 

Citigroup, NY, USA, through Iflex Solution                                                                            Aug 2004- Feb 2006

Senior Security Consultant

 

Conducted interviews to document client processes and procedures and then refine the process gaps as part of Corporate SOX audit requirement for information security department.

 

Reviewed and rewrote all technical and operational procedure for Information Security department.

 

Review all system\application related information security plans throughout the information security administration department and act as liaison to the Information Security department.

 

Conducts interviews, documents client processes and procedures, reviews documents, and prepare work papers. Manage and maintain the quality of the market data asset inventory and perform annual audit. Manage the creation and distribution of the monthly market data inventory and charge back reports. Perform review and audits of unused market data systems and services to eliminate unnecessary expenses.

 

Responsible for coming out with resource management, problem management, Information security and other compliance policies and level 3 procedures for MDS (Market Data System) and Information Security Administration department. Create and maintain policy and system infrastructure documents.             

 

 

 

Hewlett Packard, Singapore                                     Sep 2002 - Jul 2004

Senior Systems Engineer

Lead a team of engineers from various infrastructure divisions to provide 24X7 on going support for HP client's data center. As a team lead and senior systems engineer my role was to manage a team of infrastructure resources and ensure the data center systems operate smoothly. Daily activities include administration of data center and desktop resources to and provide incident and problem management by isolating and remediating incidents and problems.

 

Carried out several projects for HP clients As a project manager my role was to manage and implement client projects such as windows 2k implementation and migration from windows NT, Linux and Solaris deployments, LAN/WAN security assessment, design and deployments, etc., for business clients.

 

Conducted training on HP products to customers and internal staffs.

 

 

IBM Singapore Pte Ltd,                   Mar 2000-May 2002

IT Specialist

 

Technical account manager for IBM clients ensuring ongoing technical support and new project execution.

 

Developed and executed several projects to promote IBM's RedHat Linux platform initiatives.

 

Managed a team of engineers and specialist in completing small and large scale migrate projects. 

 

Provided RIM and onsite infrastructure support for IBM customers in the areas of server, network and messaging systems.

Getronics (S) Pte Ltd,Singapore                                                                              Nov 1997-Mar 2000

Network Engineer

 

Managed systems and network operations for Philips Singapore.

Assisted account manager in coming out monthly reports; manage system logs and other on going IT related activities.

Successfully implemented out Y2K patch roll out project for 2000 desktops and servers for Philips Singapore.

Instrumental in carrying out Novell to Windows NT migration and server consolidation project for Philips Singapore.

Instrumental in setting up IT infrastructure for a commercial account by setting up Windows NT domain as file and print servers. Implemented and configured Exchange 5.5 with SMTP and local mail routing.

Implemented notes email infrastructure with internal and SMTP email routing. Including deployment of lotus notes client for 1000 users.

Responsible for providing remote and on-site support for corporate customers.

Computer Consultant Services Pte Ltd., Singapore                                                      Dec 1995 - Nov 1997

Systems Engineer

 

Administrated NT/Novell 3.1X Server/Work Stations on Token Ring/Ethernet Networks Platform.

Provide Technical Support to customers by solving the computer related hardware & software problems on site.

Solving the Multi Platform Network related problems on customer site.

Install hardware, software & peripherals on customer site.

Testing & troubleshooting the computers by board and component level..

Implemented Exchange and MSMail systems for corporate customers.

Seagate International Technology, Singapore                                                             Mar 1995 to Aug 1995

Engineering Specialist

 

Desktop systems and pheriperal support

Software development using powerbuilder and Sybase form.

 

India Pistons, India                                                                                                                Mar 1990 to Mar 1995

 

India Pistons Pte Ltd, India                                                                               Apr 1990 Mar 1995

Assistant Engineer

 

Line engineers taking care of electronic and computer aided systems.

Developed extensive query based inventory system with Sybase Forms\Power Builder as front end and Sybase as back end.

 

Eductional Qualifications:

 

1982	Bachelor Of Science	Madras University, Chennai
1985 1998	Bachelor Of Electronic Engineering Masters in Software Engineering	Bangalore University, Bangalore BITS, India